briançon

Crossroads city, town star. Vitiates mountain fresh air and soleil ! The light shining on the court facades of the old city of drawings and prints of their balconies. She caresses the contours, stones corner, along the walls.
Energetic city. Its steep streets seem to lead you to go farther, on the way to new climbs. Terraced shops, activity alternates with relaxation.
Here, history is alive, directed by lecturers in period costume. Local folklore and songs, anecdotes of yesteryear, gourmet menus in fashion of the seventeenth century ... Briançon is a city back in time.
Briançon, the highest city in Europe, a high place in history, city of art and city weapons. Built around a rocky outcrop where stood the ancient castle, this city is surrounded by Vauban ramparts high. The strengths of dirt, and the heads Randouillet, it echoed around.
The villages and hamlets Briançonnais have a family, they talk about the rough life in the mountains. They always have a heart of old town with its narrow streets, its chapels, its stone facade or sundials half erased by time.
The villages of the valley of the Guisane connecting the neck of Lautaret Briançon (Le Bez, or Pananches The Serre Barbin) are particularly charming. Everywhere, small restaurants to enjoy after a good day trip. Tourtes, Crozet and other specialties. To relax, there are the warm waters of the Monêtier-les-bains.
At the foot of the Ceces, valley Clarée superb. A val-des-Prés, in the village of Pra-Premier, you can see the sundial known as the valley of a certain Francesco Zarbula, famous nineteenth cadranier Piedmont. A Plampinet, murals of the Church of St. Sebastian and the chapel of Notre-Dame-des-Graces are amazing beauty. Other Névache village, Haute-Ville and its very typical rural dwellings in the valley. Here, the larch is used for the walls (chapilas) as for roofing. The former bread oven Homel today the bakery in the village ..
South of Briançon, valley valley and its villages are benefiting from a climate with Mediterranean influence at the foot of the Massif des Ecrins and its mythical glaciers. At the entrance of the valley, the pretty village of Vigneaux. Further, at the confluence of Gyr and the wave, the valley and village houses in the valley features three floors, a front protected by the excess of the roof and two rows of balconies sometimes decorated with stone arches. The church of Saint-Etienne, a sundial, the oven, a fountain in larch, a former arcade: going back in time to Vallouise, you just have to take the road from the Church! A few kilometers away, 1st beautiful hamlet of Puy-Aillaud.
Opposite valley, Puy Saint Vincent, its villages and its station. In the hamlet of Prés, the sundials of the Church of St Mary Magdalene worth visiting, for the fun of discovery vallon Narreyroux: the path of Combe, mi-rando aquatic mi-via ferrata, the kids love. Beautiful arcaded houses in the hamlet of Alberts.
In the valley valley, every village and its hamlets offer lovely walks. The beautiful valleys of the wave and are Claphouse to go absolutely. Near Puy Saint Vincent, Tournoux plateau or the neck of the Pousterle are friendly destinations. More fun, racing circuits guidance. It removes a Map and compass at the Tourist Office and go for the adventure ... And to gain altitude, direction Pendine.

PUY SAINT ANDRE
The common PUY SAINT ANDRE rising from the Durance to the high altitude: the Condamine 2 941 m. Stone fire, a charming hamlet nestled at the foot of the mountain. Puy Chalvin, village character, learn the mountain chalets of Combes, the Nature Reserve bordering the Partia Cableways Chauvet and its charming cottage Home catering that will be reached without difficulty from the summit station of Prorel . Visit peacefully in our churches and frescoes of the XV century, as well as our exhibition at the Moulin Four. "

VILLARD ST PANCRACE
Village tradition, has preserved its heritage, its typical houses, chapels and magnificent churches. Discover a nature and in particular saved a forest of pines CEMBROS unique in Europe: the Bois des Ayes (biological reserves). Possibility of walks, VT.T. on marked trails and forest roads, fish in the lake Orceyrette or practice climbing: two sites available to fans. In summer, tours of mining sites (mines peasant) with former miners. From 21 to 27 July, Operation lime kiln of the construction of the kiln with the use of lime.